How do I make the case for what I want to do?

• What are you proposing?

    You need to propose a set activities that are scoped properly and which clearly address the problem that you 
    have identified.  It could be a short, one off task or a longer series of activities which span multiple collections.
    Ask whether this is a 'capital' project - ie one off with a fixed completion point - or a 'revenue' activity which will
    be ongoing and indefinite.  You might illustrate it with a workflow diagram.  It helps to provide three components - a 
    risk assessment for the tasks (ie what might go wrong); a quality plan (how will you check that it works); and criteria
    for success (to prove it has worked).

• What tools do you need?
• How much descriptive metadata do you need?
• How much preservation metadata do you need?
• What guidance do you need to provide to the depositor or to the user?
• How do you gather user requirements?
• How do you gather feedback?
• What are the rights issues?
• How will it be reused (policy question)?